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Show LIVE STOCK NOTES. A mule seldom gets sick more than once, and generally dies then. The collar Is the bamess; see to 1t that the collar fits. Collar bolls are caused by 111 fitting rollsrs. Tbe levelness with which a horse walks Is one of the best evidences that his legs work in harmony. If tbe spring pigs are doing well hold them steady until fall and then push them hard to the market. More small hoga have probably been marketed In the past two years than ever before during the same time. When the green corn comes along a little later, do not stuff young pigs all they will cat. or thumps will be the result. All beef and mutton will hereafter be raised on the small farms, and farmers must learn bow to meet the new conditions. Sheep don't do well without water, and they sre dainty about drinking. Clean running water ia Just as essen tliil as good grass. The good flat knee, the tnuscul.it arms, the full muscular shoulders the good hock, are all Important points In the horse. So far as can be done ti. horses that are expected to do the spring wcrk should have the greater pHrt of thir praln ration of good sound onts. A lousy pig Is a sure slpn of a poor frmer. Once thoroughly Infested the only way to get rid of the vermin la to dope the pig with some good disinfectant. dis-infectant. if your barn and feed yards have a proper system. of drainage, there will be little danger of rheumatism among your pigs. If you have not worked out such a system, do so now. |